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		Home -> Current Affairs -> Human Rights Human Rights: The planetary cycles of human rights Written & published: February & March 2007 respectively In astrology the development of human rights is often associated with Uranus and Aquarius, and the periods of history that coincide with the rise in awareness of human rights and human wrongs are usually linked with the Jupiter-Uranus and Saturn-Uranus cycles. But does this stand up to scrutiny? This article examines landmark events in human rights in the UK, the USA and France, as well as major political thinkers/philosophers whose work influenced the way human rights were thought about and practised, and looks for correlations between these and the Jupiter-Uranus and Saturn-Uranus cycles. Landmark events These are said to be some of the major landmarks in the development of the current Western thinking on and practice of human rights (all events occurred within what is now the UK unless stated otherwise): Charter of Liberties circa August(?) 1100 Jupiter in Cancer approaching sextile with Uranus in Taurus Cancer-Taurus are related to land, property, ownership, agriculture, wealth, accumulation, accruing to oneself. Magna Carta 15th to 19th June 1215 Saturn conjunct Uranus (approaching) Claim of Right 11th April 1689 Jupiter in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus (aspect had just passed) Taurus again represents land, property, ownership, wealth, etc. Bill of Rights 16th December 1689 Jupiter in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus (aspect just passed) USA - State of Virginia's Declaration of Rights 12th June 1776 Saturn trine Uranus France - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 26th August 1789 Jupiter conjunct Uranus (wide) Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus USA Constitution 4th March 1789 Jupiter conjunct Uranus (the aspect is wide but approaching and growing in strength) USA Bill of Rights 15th December 1791 Jupiter just past sextile Uranus Mars on the midpoint of Jupiter/Uranus Liberty Human Rights 24th February 1934 Jupiter in Libra opposition Uranus in Aries Saturn in Aquarius sextile Uranus Pluto on the midpoint of Jupiter/Uranus Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10th December 1948 Jupiter opposition Uranus European Court/Convention of Human Rights 3rd September 1953 Saturn square Uranus - struggle, fight, to keep it in check Appeal for Amnesty 28th May 1961 Jupiter in Aquarius Moon crossed Saturn/Uranus that day Human Rights Act 2nd October 2000 Jupiter in Gemini conjunct Saturn widely trine Uranus in Aquarius Saturn in Gemini septile Uranus in Aquarius Sun = Saturn/Uranus Historical figures These are said to have been some of the main people who inspired and strongly influenced the current Western thinking on human rights: John Stuart Mill Saturn conjunct Uranus in Libra Neptune on the midpoint of Jupiter/Uranus John Locke Jupiter trine Uranus Saturn sextile Uranus Thomas Hobbes Jupiter quintile Uranus Saturn sextile Uranus Thomas Paine Saturn septile Uranus Jupiter approaching sextile Uranus Jupiter in Aquarius Node on the midpoint of Saturn/Uranus Jeremy Bentham Jupiter in Aquarius conjunct Uranus in Aquarius The above conjunction is square to Saturn David Henry Thoreau Jupiter conjunct Uranus (wide, approaching exactitude) Saturn square Uranus Jean Jacques Rousseau Jupiter in Aquarius quincunx Uranus Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu Jupiter in Aquarius septile Uranus Liberty & Peace Two other people fit the theme of this article. The first is Shami Chakrabarti, the current head of Liberty, who has spent the past 5 years in particular tackling the UK government over its assaults on human rights in the UK and internationally. Shami Chakrabarti Jupiter conjunct Uranus Saturn quintile Uranus The second person is Ghandi, who exemplifies the power of non-violent assertion of human rights to change the world for the better: Ghandi Jupiter sextile Uranus Chiron = Saturn/Uranus Conclusion The astrological observations about Jupiter-Uranus and Saturn-Uranus seem to hold true. Awareness of human rights, and the relationship between the establishment and the people, does seem to correlate with the cycles of these planets. Looking ahead, from 2008 to 2010 Saturn will oppose Uranus. We can expect this to resonate with the Magna Carta (agreed when Saturn was conjunct Uranus), France, Liberty, the European Court of Human Rights, and the UK's Human Rights Act (HRA). The Saturn-Uranus opposition represents a point of confrontation and potential turbulence for these issues, and so perhaps it's not surprising that the UK government as well as the official party of Opposition, the Conservative Party, have already indicated that it will not shy away from altering or removing the HRA. In other words, they have already begun their 'drip-feed' of their intention to do so, to ready the public for a potential future action that they would like to take. If the public want to disagree then people would be wise to alter the course of events now, rather than leave it until later when there is the potential for a tense confrontation between 2008 to 2010. Reference: Read more about Saturn-Uranus in another article on this website by clicking here. 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